Comments on: Change the hostname in Mac OS X [osx] http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/ A mix of code and life. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nate5765 http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-195 nate5765 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:25:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-195 if i change the hostname, can it harm my cpu in any way? also, is this the same as dns? so like if I have a minecraft multiplayer server running on my cpu, if i change the hostname can they use that to log in instead of my ip? if i change the hostname, can it harm my cpu in any way? also, is this the same as dns?
so like if I have a minecraft multiplayer server running on my cpu, if i change the hostname can they use that to log in instead of my ip?

]]> By: Ezequiel Pitty http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-194 Ezequiel Pitty Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-194 open terminal and type  $sudo hostname "nameofyournmachine" open terminal and type 
$sudo hostname “nameofyournmachine”

]]> By: Tduncalf http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-193 Tduncalf Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:23:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-193 Awesome, thanks! Mine kept defaulting back to (null) for some reason. Awesome, thanks! Mine kept defaulting back to (null) for some reason.

]]> By: Thekostya http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-191 Thekostya Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:21:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-191 Just run  new session in terminal. Just run  new session in terminal.

]]> By: Jason Hernandez http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-188 Jason Hernandez Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:34:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-188 Thank you for the info! Now I can contribute a FIX back to the community I have been having an issue since I upgraded my box to OSX 10.7 Lion – It periodically "falls off" the Windows AD Domain. The most visible effect of this is that when the screen saver with a password kicks in, you cannot unlock the screen. Also, when you are doing things that require admin privs, the password doesn't work. Seriously aggravating. Fix: - Set the hostname manually to the fully qualified domain name   - Run this magic command from the Terminal (command line): sudo scutil --set HostName InsertYourHostnamehere - Reboot That’s seriously all you have to do. But what a P.I.T.A. to figure out. Related reference: http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-1188443.html Thank you for the info! Now I can contribute a FIX back to the community

I have been having an issue since I upgraded my box to OSX 10.7 Lion – It periodically “falls off” the Windows AD Domain. The most visible effect of this is that when the screen saver with a password kicks in, you cannot unlock the screen. Also, when you are doing things that require admin privs, the password doesn’t work. Seriously aggravating.

Fix:
- Set the hostname manually to the fully qualified domain name
  – Run this magic command from the Terminal (command line): sudo scutil –set HostName InsertYourHostnamehere
- Reboot

That’s seriously all you have to do. But what a P.I.T.A. to figure out.

Related reference: http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-1188443.html

]]> By: oriste http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-187 oriste Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:16:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-187 Thanks for that reminder, I had forgotten how to use scutil. If all you wanted was a shorter hostname in the bash shell, you could also have changed the bash prompt to show only the first part of the hostname, up to the first point. See here for an excellent explanation: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.html Thanks for that reminder, I had forgotten how to use scutil. If all you wanted was a shorter hostname in the bash shell, you could also have changed the bash prompt to show only the first part of the hostname, up to the first point. See here for an excellent explanation: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.html

]]> By: Jnunez http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-186 Jnunez Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:44:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-186 Man this worked great. After the hostname change, log out of terminal and log back in, you should see that the hostname has changed in the terminal command line as well.  Man this worked great. After the hostname change, log out of terminal and log back in, you should see that the hostname has changed in the terminal command line as well. 

]]> By: JFGrissom http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-185 JFGrissom Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:27:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-185 Hi Larry, Thanks for posting this... such a simple thing... but so useful! Much appreciated! Jay Hi Larry,

Thanks for posting this… such a simple thing… but so useful!

Much appreciated!
Jay

]]> By: JFGrissom http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-184 JFGrissom Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:26:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-184 Very nice... thanks for putting this out there... very easy to do and easy to find via google too!  Very nice… thanks for putting this out there… very easy to do and easy to find via google too! 

]]> By: anatoly http://blog.psyrendust.com/2008/05/23/change-the-hostname-in-mac-os-x-osx/#comment-183 anatoly Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:08:00 +0000 http://blog.psyrendust.com/?p=77#comment-183 Thank you :) Still works like a charm on OSX Lion. Thank you :) Still works like a charm on OSX Lion.

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